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Kotlin 2.0 Launched with New, Faster, More Flexible K2 Compiler
JetBrains has released Kotlin 2.0 along with the new K2 compiler. While the language itself introduces no new syntax, the K2 compiler brings several benefits, including faster builds, extended analysis capabilities with smart casts, and multiplatform support out of the box.
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Java News Roundup: Java Turns 29, Kotlin 2.0, Semantic Kernel for Java 1.0, More OpenJDK Updates
This week's Java roundup for May 20th, 2024, features news highlighting: Java’s 29th birthday; the release of Kotlin 2.0 and Semantic Kernel for Java 1.0; JEP 477, Implicitly Declared Classes and Instance Main Methods (Third Preview), targeted for JDK 23; and four JEPs proposed to target for JDK 23.
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KSP2 Aims to Improve Kotlin Meta-Programming, Adds Support for the K2 Kotlin Compiler
Currently available in preview, KSP 2.0, the evolution of Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP), introduces a new architecture aimed at resolving some limitations in KSP 1.0 and adds support for the new K2 Kotlin compiler, explain Google software engineers Ting-Yuan Huang and Jiaxiang Chen.
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Java News Roundup: JHipster 8.0, Implicit Classes and Instance Main Methods, Kotlin 1.9.20
This week's Java roundup for October 30th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 22, GlassFish 7.0.10, Spring Boot 3.2-RC2, Spring Cloud 2023.0-RC1, Spring Cloud Stream Applications 2022.0, Spring Statemachine 4.0-M1, Spring Tools 4.20.1, Open Liberty 23.0.11-beta, Micronaut 4.1.6, Grails 6.1, TomEE 8.0.16, Infinispan 14.0.20, JHipster 8.0, JHipster Lite 0.47, JReleaser 1.9 and Kotlin 1.9.20.
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Kotlin Multiplatform Reaches Stability
Kotlin Multiplatform, a solution created by JetBrains to enable the use of Kotlin to share native code across different platforms, is now stable and ready for production use, says JetBrains engineer Ekaterina Petrova.
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Gatling Supports Java DSL for Java and Kotlin-Based Performance Tests
The load testing tool Gatling is designed for ease of use, maintainability and performance. Originally a Scala DSL was provided to write the test scenarios. Some time ago, a Java DSL was released, which makes it possible to write test scenarios in Java or Kotlin.
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Android Studio Giraffe Now Stable
Android Studio Giraffe is now stable, bringing in the new IntelliJ 2022.3, a new IDE look and feel, improved Live Edit, Compose animation previews, and more.
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Kotlin 1.9 Brings New Language Features and Improved Multiplatform/Native Support
The latest release of Kotlin introduces a number of new language features, including the ..< operator for open ranges, extended regular expressions, and more. Additionally, it brings improvements to both Kotlin Multiplatform and Kotlin/Native.
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Micronaut 4.0.0 Brings Java Virtual Threads, GraalVM Support and Experimental HTTP/3 Features
The Micronaut Foundation has recently announced the general availability (GA) release of Micronaut Framework 4.0.0. This major release brings a plethora of updates and improvements to the popular JVM-based framework, enhancing its performance, modularity, and compatibility with other technologies.
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Java News Roundup: Jakarta EE 11 Updates, Quarkus LTS, Micronaut, Foojay Board, DevBCN, JCrete
This week's Java roundup for July 3rd, 2023, features news from JDK 22, JDK 21, Jakarta EE 11 updates, Micronaut 4.0.0-RC1, Quarkus 3.2.0 and 2.16.8, Helidon 3.2.2, Apache Camel 4.0.0-RC1, Hibernate Search 6.2.0, Hibernate Reactive 2.0.2, Infinispan 15.0.0.Dev02, JDKMon 17.0.69, JBang 0.109.0, Kotlin 1.9.0, Foojay.io updates, and DevBCN and JCrete conferences.
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JetBrains Launches the Kotlin Notebook Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA
Using the experimental Kotlin Notebook plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, developers will be able to combine code, visualizations, and text, as well as to run code snippets and view their results, all in a single document.
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JetBrains Compose Multiplatform for iOS Reaches Alpha
After adding support for desktop apps and the Web, JetBrains multiplatform declarative UI toolkit now runs on iOS in alpha.
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Jetpack Compose Brings Performance Improvements, Better Tooling Integration, and Updates Material 3
At its Google I/O conference, Google has announced a new iteration of its Jetpack Compose UI toolkit for Android. Among its many improvements, Jetpack Compose has now better performance, extended support within Android Studio, a new Material 3 library, and more.
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Yelp Adopted the MVI Architecture to Improve Performance and Testability of Their Android App
Four years into the adoption of the Model-View-Intent (MVI) architecture for their Android app, Yelp engineer Paul Martin says it allowed them to have performant screens and improve unit testing.
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Gradle 8.0 Provides Improved Kotlin DSL and Build Times
The Gradle team announced Gradle 8.0 which reduces the build duration and improves the Kotlin DSL, for example, Kotlin API 1.8 and Java 11 features may now be used in the build scripts.